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Storm damage clean up underway in Brown County

Brown County residents are busy cleaning up after damage from severe storms Monday night.

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Updated: 6:15 PM EDT May 12, 2015

Storm damage clean up underway in Brown County

Brown County residents are busy cleaning up after damage from severe storms Monday night.

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Updated: 6:15 PM EDT May 12, 2015

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WEBVTT ANNOUNCER: YOU'RE WATCHINGCINCINNATIWLWT'S NEWS 5 LEADINGWAY.MIKE: THE BIG STORM THAT BLEWTHROUGH BROWN COUNTY MIGHT BEOVERBUT IT HAS LEFT HIPPED ONEBIG HEADACHE FOR PROPERTY OWNERSOUT THERE.FROM TREES KNOCKED DOWN TOROOFSTHAT WERE JUST RIPPED WIDEOPEN.THE CLEANUP IS A HUGE TASK.SHEREE: IT CERTAINLY IS.SOME PEOPLE WHOWE CAUGHT UPWITH TODAY ARE NOW DEALING WITHTHE DAMAGE FROM YESTERDAY'SSTORM.WLWTNEWS 5'S JANELLE WALTONSPENT THE DAY IN MOUNTORBB AND ANDSARDINIA FOR US.REPORTER: THERE IS A LOT OFDAMAGE ANAL THE MESS WILLPROBABLY BE HERE FOR A WHILE.LET ME SHOW YOU YOUCAN SEETHERE IS THE TRUCK AND ON TOP OFIT A BIG TREE.THERE IS STILL ANOTHER TREE ONTOPOF THAT HOUSE.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICESAYS NO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWNBUTSTRONG WINDS UPROOTED TREESOUTSIDE WANDA'S HOME.THIS IS THE AREA SHE CRAWLED OUTOFAFTER THE TREE CRASHED ON TOPOF THE HOME.SHE TOLD ME BY PHONE TODAY SHEIS THANKFUL TOBE ALIVE.MEANTIME DOWN THE ROAD ATSARDINIA'SCHURCH OF CHRIST THEPASTOR IS GATHERINGESTIMATES TOREPLACE THE ROOF.IT'S A BUSY DAY.WE WERE UP ON THE ROOFWITHANOTHER GENTLEMAN LOOKING ATDAMAGE TO SEE WHAT ALL A HADHAPPENED TOTHE ROOF AND TALK TOTHE INSURANCE ADJUSTERS.REPORTER: A FEW PEOPLE WEREINSIDE WHEN THESTORM BLEWTHROUGH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.I WAS SITTING IN MY OFFICETALKING TO TWO PARENTS WHENSUDDENLY RAIN JUST CAMEPOURINGDOWN AND WIND WAS BLOWING ALLSORTS OF STUFF AROUND.THERE IS A BIG BOOM, AND I RANAROUND TO MAKESURE THATEVERYBODY WAS INSIDE BECAUSEPEOPLE USE OUR TRACK TO RUN ANDEXERCISE, SO WE NEEDEDTO MAKESURE THAT THEY WERE INSIDE.REPORTER: WORKERS NAILED DOWN ATARP TOCOVER THE DAMAGED AREAOF THE ROOF LAST NIGHT, HOWEVERTHE STORM DAMAGE WAS SO SEVEREAT THAT HOME THEYWEREN'T EVENALLOWED INSIDE TODAY.THE OWNERS OF THE HOME HERE ONBOTMAN BELIEVE IT WILLBEIMPOSSIBLE TO SALVAGE.THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGUREOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY AREGOING TOREBUILD.JANELLE WALTON, WLWT NEWS 5.SHEREE: BUILDING INSPECTORS ALSOSPENT PART OF THEDAY MAKING

Storm damage clean up underway in Brown County

Brown County residents are busy cleaning up after damage from severe storms Monday night.